KENT - Redshirt junior Rod Sherman went to coast to coast on Saturday afternoon to rise up and throw down a thunderous dunk with 2.4 seconds left that led to an 'and one' and a Kent State victory over Western Michigan 74-73.

In SEC action last night the South Carolina Gamecocks upset #1 Kentucky 68-62 in a game nationally televised on ESPN. It was Kentucky's first loss of the season. With the win, South Carolina improves to 12-8 and 3-3 in the SEC.

Former Kent State point guard Jordan Mincy was on the bench as a graduate assistant for South Carolina. I chatted with Mincy after the exciting win.

Justin Greene was named the MAC East Player of the Week for his performances in leading the Golden Flashes to wins over Buffalo and Akron. Greene averaged 16.5 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game. On Saturday against Akron, Greene had 23 points and a career high 13 rebounds. Greene has increased his scoring from last season by 11.2 points per game, which ranks first in the MAC and in the top ten in the country. Kent State travels to Toledo and will play the Rockets on Tuesday night.

The Kent State men's basketball team picked a good time to play their best game of the season.

And while we will not know officially till March, they may have changed the course of their season in the process with an 89-54 blow out over the Buffalo Bulls (10-5, 3-1) on Wednesday night at the M.A.C. Center.

Steve Hare at the Kent Sports Report is reporting that Kent State football offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach A.J. Pratt is leaving to take an assistant coaching job at Western Kentucky University.

Kent State continues to lose young, talented assistant coaches year after year to other programs that have made more of a commitment to football and can offer their assistants more money.

KENT - Once again the Bowling Green women's basketball team felt right at home at the M.A.C. Center, defeating Kent State 89-61 on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons poured in 55 first half points to take a 30 point lead at the break.

2009 MAC Player of the Year Lauren Prochaska finished with 24 points, all in the first half then barely played at all in the second half.

KENT, Ohio – Senior guard Chris Singletary became the second straight and third different Kent State player to be named the Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week when he was selected for the honor by the conference office on Monday (Jan. 11). It is the second career POW award for Singletary.

Singletary led Kent State to a 2-0 week averaging 13 points, 5.5 assists and 5.0 rebounds as the Golden Flashes posted wins over Norfolk State and at Ohio. The senior guard, who also shot 81.8 percent (9-11) from the foul line on the week, led KSU to a 62-60 win in the MAC opener on Saturday at Ohio with a game high 22 points and four assists. The Golden Flashes trailed 60-58 when Singletary converted a three-point play with 33 seconds remaining to put Kent State on top to stay. In all he scored 16 of his 22 points in the second half.

Dave Carducci on his blog has confirmed what rumors were swirling to me from some other sources that Kent State men's basketball forward Greg Avila will transfer to another school to find more playing time.

Former Kent State quarterback and current New England wide receiver Julian Edelman set career highs on Sunday with 10 receptions for 103 yards in the Patriots 34-27 loss to the Houston Texans.

During the game, Patriots' WR Wes Welker tore his ACL and MCL. Now Edelman looks to get the biggest opportunity of his young career as the Patriots host the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, January 10 at 1:00 p.m. in an AFC Wild Card Playoff game.